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> The painters aim for straightness. They relish the crispness. They try to tune out impatient drivers who yell or honk or even sometimes throw things at them.
by js2 5y ago
> The painters aim for straightness. They relish the crispness. They try to tune out impatient drivers who yell or honk or even sometimes throw things at them. But they know that unless they mess up, few will consider their work.
Ah, I know that feeling...
(And what the hell is wrong with someone that gets angry at a road crew?)
> When Garza presses a black button spraying white paint on the road, it also triggers a second gun behind the paint gun to sprinkle tiny salt-size glass beads. If the paint is too thin, beads won’t stick to it. That means the lines won’t reflect light.
I don't think they use these beads in the road paint universally. The lines here in the piedmont region of NC are virtually impossible to see at night, especially when they are wet.
- gumby 5y ago> (And what the hell is wrong with someone that gets angry at a road crew?) Seems a lot of people feel this way. Haven’t you seen those “end construction” protest signs? People seem to post them almost anywhere crews are working!
- jrwoodruff 5y agoContrast that with all the complaining about how bad the roads are. Yea, the construction is a pain, but at least I connect that with better roads in a few relatively short months.
- kevin_thibedeau 5y agoThe beads get scraped off by plows after a couple winters and are just as invisible in the wet.
- throwaway0a5e 5y ago>(And what the hell is wrong with someone that gets angry at a road crew?) They're not angry at the road crew. They're angry at the state police, DOT bureaucrat or whoever that decided to block off way more road than they see being strictly necessary, inconveniencing them, and they're taking it out on the road crew.
- FridayoLeary 5y ago>(And what the hell is wrong with someone that gets angry at a road crew?) Come to the UK then. A crew were actually caught working once. It made national headlines.
- standardUser 5y agoThat's the attitude that a lot of people have, which makes me wonder what other professions they have no personal experience with, yet are able to deduce the precise level of work being done by other people with a mere glance!
- toiletaccount 5y agoEvery time I see the lines getting repainted I impulsively swerve over them. The reactions from the crews aren't even anger, just confused exasperation. ymmv